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title: Dealing with firewalls and proxies
categories: troubleshooting
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There are a few ways to deal with a draconian firewall or an unruly proxy:
* [Smart HTTP](http://github.com/blog/642-smart-http-support) -- By far the easiest approach. Available with git v1.7 and later. Works great with proxies and firewalls that block non-HTTP outbound connections.
* [Not-so-smart HTTP](http://github.com/blog/92-http-cloning) -- For cloning public repos only, on pre-1.7 git clients. Use only if Smart HTTP is not an option.
* [corkscrew](http://blog.codeslower.com/2008/8/Using-PuTTY-and-SSL-to-securely-access-GitHub-repositories-via-SSH) -- Works best with firewalls, creates an outbound ssh connection on port 80. Proxies may interfere.
* [another corkscrew guide](http://dilipm79.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-i-love-git-and-github.html)
* [and another](http://returnbooleantrue.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-github-through-draconian-proxies.html)
* [ssh forwarding](http://gist.github.com/423642) -- Similar to corkscrew, requires access to an external ssh server. Two slightly different methods are provided.
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